Combined tire and trunk holder for automobiles.



A. U. CAMPBELL. COMBINED TIRE AND TRUNK 110mm FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLIOATIOII FILED JUNE 29 1911.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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ARCHIBALD U. CAMPBELL, F TOLlEDO, OHIO;

' J Specification of Letters Patent.

COMBINED TIRE AND TRUNK HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Patented. Jan. 23, 1912.;

Application filed June 29, 1911. serial No. 636,0b1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LARcnIBALD U. CAMP- BELL, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certaln new and useful Combined Tire and Trunk Holder for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which forma part of this specification.

My invention relates to automobile acces sories, and particularly to tire and trunk holders. I v

.The object of my invention is the provision of an improved automobile attachment of this character, which is simple, strong and durable in its construction, and adapted to rigidly and securely carry both a tire and a trunk in a manner to permit itliler to be removed therefrom without interfering with the other, thus enhancing the practicability and commercial value of devices ofthis class.

A. further object of my invention. is th 80 provision of a tire holder of this character, which is easily and quickly adjustable. to suit tires of different sizes, and is provided with improved means for looking a tire or tires thereto.

following specification, and while in "its broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodi- .ment thereof is illustrated in the accoi panying drawings,- in which,

Figure 1 is an inner side elevation of my invention with a tire and trunk secured thereto; Fig. 2 is an outer side elevation of the same with the trunk removed; Fig. 3 is,

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The invention is fully described in the the foot or running board 2 of an automo- The base-block 1, which is shownin the pr'esentinstance as being adaptedfor the holdingj'ofa single tire, is preferably provided on its top with a longitudinally extending concaved tire seat 3 upon which the lower portion of a tire carried by the holder is intended to rest, as indicated.

Rising from the inner side edge of the I block 1 in diverging planes is a pair of tire holding arms 4, each preferably comprisingtwo'telescopically adjustable sections which provide for the longitudinal adjustment of such arms to adapt the holder to receive and hold tires 5 of different sizes or. diameters. The lower sections of the arms 4 are shown as seating within sockets provided therefor in the base-block and as being secured against removal therefrom by screws 6, and have their upper ends provided with one or more longitudinal slits 7 to facilitates compression of such end about the upper section of the arm to tightly grip the same. A nut 8 having a tapered thread is mounted on the upper'end of the lower section of each arm and isadapted upon a turning thereof in one direction to cooperate with such end to tightly grip theupper arm section, as is apparent. The upper ends of the upper arm sections are bent in hook shape, as shown at 9, to adapt them to engage over the upper portion of a tire to hold it to its seat on the base-block, as indicated.

In order to securely look a tire to the baseblock 1 and prevent an unauthorized removal thereof, I provide an angled lock-bar 10, which is, shown as, being of substantially U-shaped construction with one le' longer than the other and extending over t e lower portion of the tire with itsv end projected within an aperture 11 in a lug 12 which rises from the inner side edge of the base 1,

inserted within itsbase socket as is apparent. In order to prevent a complete removal of the look-bar 10 from the baseblock when unlocked its upper leg is mounted at its end for pivotal movements within thelug socket 11 and is shouldered, as at 16, to adapt it to coact with a shouldered portion of such socket to limit the outward movements of the lock bar relative thereto. It is thus apparent that upon a releasing of the lock from engagement with the notched end of the lock-bar 10 .such bar .may be moved outward a sufiicient distance to withdraw its short leg from within the socket 13 and then swung upwardly to permit a removal of a tire from the holder.

The positioning of the tire holding arms ,4 at one side of the tire provides a free space within the tire for the placing of an auto-trunk 17, which trunk is preferably circular in form andof suitable size to fit freely within the tire 5. The trunk 17 is securelyheld within the tire free from contact,

therewith by the provision on its rear side of straps or loops 18, which encircle the arms 4. ofthe holder, as shown in Fig. 1.

I wish it understood that while I have shown and described a single tire carrying type of holder it may be adapted for the carrying of two or more tires by simply broadening the base block 1 for such purpose; and also that the invention is not lim ited to any specific construction or arrange-- ment of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure-by Let.- ters Patent, is,

1. In a tire holder, 2. base-block having a lugrising from the innerside thereof and provided with a laterally projecting socket,

an angled. lock bar having an end mounted for pivotal and reciprocal movements in said socket and extending outwardly and downwardly from said lug to cooperate with the base and lug to embrace a tire, and

projecting therefrom with its lower end turned inmeans for locking the outer lower end of said bar to the base block.

2. In a tire holder, a base-block having a part rising from the inner side thereof and provided with a socket, a lock bar mounted for reciprocal movements in said socket and outwardly and downwardly reciprocal and pivotal movements in said part socket and having an end projected into said base-block socket to cooperate with said block and part to embrace a tire, and

means carried by the base block for locking said bar against movement relative to the block.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a base-block forming a tire rest and having a part rising from the inner side thereof, adjustable telescoping arms rising from the inner side of the base-block and adapted to engage the upper portion of a tire in-opposition to said block, an angled lock-bar for cooperating 'with the base-block to embrace a tire and having one end mounted for reciprocal movements in said base-block part, and means for locking the other end of the lock-bar to the base-block, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARCHIBALD U. CAMPBEL Witnesses:

S. T. KLOTZ, WILBER A. OWEN.

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